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"A film is difficult to explain because it is easy to understand." -Christian Metz, film critic.
A semester long course offered by HHS English department, the course is designed to expose students to the visual text of the cinema.
Students will:
-build an understanding of a wide range of genres and respond to them as visual texts
-comprehend, interpret, evaluate & appreciate visual texts
-demonstrate understanding by writing, discussing and/or presenting ideas
-participate constructively & appropriately in large & small group discussions about the learning material and concepts.
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COMEDY
The Graduate (1968, dir. Mike Nichols)
Young Frankenstein (1974, dir. Mel Brooks)
SCIENCE FICTION
Blade Runner (1982, dir. Ridley Scott)
The Matrix (1999, dir. The Wachowski Brothers)
SUSPENSE
Memento (2000, dir. Christopher Nolan)
Psycho (1960, dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
Rear Window (1954, dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
CLASSIC
Citizen Kane (1941, dir. Orson Welles)
SILENT
The General (1926, dir. Buster Keaton)
Nosferatu (1922, dir. F. W. Murnau)
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This is not a class. This section is generally about music.
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Hamden High School
Mike Capone
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